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Agency: Iowa State University
Level of Government: State & Local
Category:
  • C - Architect and Engineering Services - Construction
Opps ID: NBD18079795216506415
Posted Date: Mar 21, 2023
Due Date:
Solicitation No: RFQ-1000728

Bid Information

Type Request for Proposal (Public)
Status Awarded
Number RFQ-1000728 (Engineering Consultant)
Issue Date & Time 2/22/2023 05:00:01 PM (CT)
Close Date & Time 3/8/2023 03:00:00 PM (CT)
Duration 13 days 21 hours 59 minutes 58 seconds
Notes Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU) is soliciting information from qualified contractors to provide the goods and/or services described herein.

Contractors should read all materials carefully and note the due date.
Contractors must submit all questions in the "Questions" tab related to this bid opportunity.
Bid responses will ONLY be accepted online via ISUBid. Please allow adequate time to review and submit your response prior to the deadline.
Contact Information
Name Stacy Sassman
Address 1340 Administrative Services Bldg
2221 Wanda Daley Drive
Ames, IA 50010 USA
Phone 1 (515) 2949390
Fax
Email ssassman@iastate.edu
Awarded Suppliers
Supplier Name Award Line Count Award Amount
Laporte Consultants Corp 2 $130,572.00
Bid Documents
Document name Format
Bid Invitation Acrobat / PDF
Public Question & Answer Acrobat / PDF
Bid Attachments
File Name Description File Size
ISU Instructions.pdf Review the instructions for important information. REVISED MAY 2021 130 KB
ISU General Terms & Conditions.pdf Review the general terms and conditions carefully and any exceptions should be listed in the "Attributes" section. REVISED APRIL 2022 232 KB
Insurance Language - Professional Services & Software Dev (Off Campus) 09-2021.pdf Insurance Requirements - Professional Services & Software Dev (Off Campus) 09-2021 131 KB
Iowa Biomanufacturing - Project Gemini 091622.pdf (please login to view this document) Project Overview 131 KB
Project Gemini Design Considerations.xlsx (please login to view this document) Facility Design 14 KB
Bid Questions
Question Is there a Waste Water management or treatment required by this project, that should be included in FEL1 provided engineering services?
Answer Waste water treatment management is not included in scope.

Submitted 2/28/2023 09:47:17 AM (CT)
Question What is the cost estimate accuracy you are looking for FEL 1 ?
Answer +/-40%

Submitted 2/28/2023 09:45:59 AM (CT)
Question The only reference to a scope of work/deliverables seems to be only in Section 2 of the Attributes tab. It states the requirement for Process Engineering, Cost estimate and general plant layout. Can you please provide the following clarifications regarding inclusion/exclusion as part of the "general plant layout"? Are the following included or excluded?
-Civil site survey and civil site plan (including location of services such as gas, electrical, sewer, elevation of land and water drainage)?
-Architectural and structural layout (including columns, exit path, ancillaries’ equipment)?
Answer Civil site survey, plan, structural layout are not part of the scope.

Submitted 2/28/2023 09:45:46 AM (CT)
Question The only reference to a scope of work/deliverables seems to be only in Section 2 of the Attributes tab. It states the requirement for Process Engineering, Cost estimate and general plant layout. Can you please provide the following clarifications regarding inclusion/exclusion as part of the "cost estimate"? Are the following included or excluded?
-Cost estimate for base building and site preparation?
-Cost estimate for mechanical and electrical building systems?
-Cost estimate for electrical and automation of process equipment?
-Cost estimate for process equipment/installation and process utilities equipment/installation - assumed to be included in the scope.
Answer All of these should be included in scope, but at a high level.
Submitted 2/28/2023 09:43:42 AM (CT)
Question The only reference to a scope of work/deliverables seems to be only in Section 2 of the Attributes tab. It states the requirement is for Process Engineering, Cost estimate and general plant layout. Can you please provide the following clarifications regarding inclusion/exclusion as part of the "process engineering" scope of work expected? Are the following included or excluded?
-Design, optimization and detailed description of process
-Process Flow Diagram (PFD)
-Major equipment list
-Functional specification of majors equipment
-Cleaning strategy and diagram
-Clean utilities diagram
-Functional description of automated sequences
-Energy and mass balance
-Preliminary equipment layout
-Critical and non-critical instrumentation list
-Any other requested deliverables to list?
Answer Included in scope are process flow diagram, major equipment list and layout, high level energy and mass balance, major utility needs, overall facility diagram and layout.

Submitted 2/28/2023 09:41:49 AM (CT)
Question In the Attributes tab, under Section 2, it is said that "ISU is seeking a consultant to provide engineering consulting services for an FEL1 level design for building a [..] fermentation facility".Just after, it is later said that "The consulting services will include process engineering, cost estimate, and general plant layout." Developing "FEL 1 design for building a [...] fermentation facility" requires more than just "process engineering". Can you specify if the following engineering design services are included or excluded from this RFQ:
-Building mechanical(steam, HVAC, drains, piping, fire protection, refri, compressed air, etc)?
-Building electrical/automation(Electrical inlet, power distribution, MCC, HVAC controls, etc)?
-Process utilities(chilled water/glycol, process air, process water, process steam, etc)-assumed to be included as part of process engineering
-Process electrical/automation(power distribution, automation, etc)?
-Civil, Structural, Architecture?
-Others?
Answer The skills listed in the question should be part of the consulting services to the extent needed for an FEL1 design and estimate.

Submitted 2/28/2023 09:38:48 AM (CT)
Question Question 1:
In the Attributes tab, under “Section 5 - Proposed Services”, we must provide the description of the provided services as listed in the "Scope of Work section". However, there was no section describing the expected scope of work in the provided documents. Can you please provide the expectations for the scope of work, or scope limits for this project? Does it only pertain to process engineering (as stated in section 2), or does it include other disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, automation, civil, structural and architectural? Can you please clarify?
Answer Use the information from Attributes 2 and 3 along with the provided attachments for the scope of work for this project. See the answers to the other questions for additional information.

Submitted 2/28/2023 09:34:43 AM (CT)

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